Canada Culture MCQs

Canadian Literary Figures MCQs with Answer

Who is the Canadian author known for writing “Anne of Green Gables”?
a) Margaret Atwood
b) Lucy Maud Montgomery
c) Alice Munro
d) Michael Ondaatje
Answer: b) Lucy Maud Montgomery

Which Canadian author won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2013?
a) Margaret Atwood
b) Alice Munro
c) Michael Ondaatje
d) Yann Martel
Answer: b) Alice Munro

Who wrote the novel “The Handmaid’s Tale,” which has become a popular TV series?
a) Margaret Atwood
b) Alice Munro
c) Michael Ondaatje
d) Yann Martel
Answer: a) Margaret Atwood

Which Canadian author is known for “The English Patient” and “Warlight?
a) Margaret Atwood
b) Alice Munro
c) Michael Ondaatje
d) Yann Martel
Answer: c) Michael Ondaatje

Who wrote the novel “Life of Pi,” which was adapted into a successful film?
a) Margaret Atwood
b) Alice Munro
c) Michael Ondaatje
d) Yann Martel
Answer: d) Yann Martel

The author of “The Catcher in the Rye” was influenced by his time living in which Canadian city?
a) Vancouver
b) Montreal
c) Toronto
d) Calgary
Answer: b) Montreal

Which Canadian author is known for writing “Alias Grace” and “The Blind Assassin”?
a) Margaret Atwood
b) Alice Munro
c) Michael Ondaatje
d) Yann Martel
Answer: a) Margaret Atwood

Who wrote the novel “The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz”?
a) Leonard Cohen
b) Mordecai Richler
c) Robertson Davies
d) Margaret Laurence
Answer: b) Mordecai Richler

The author of “Fifth Business” and “The Deptford Trilogy” is:
a) Margaret Atwood
b) Alice Munro
c) Michael Ondaatje
d) Robertson Davies
Answer: d) Robertson Davies

Which Canadian author is known for “The Cat’s Table” and “In the Skin of a Lion”?
a) Margaret Atwood
b) Alice Munro
c) Michael Ondaatje
d) Yann Martel
Answer: c) Michael Ondaatje

The author of “Three Day Road” and “Through Black Spruce” is:
a) Margaret Atwood
b) Alice Munro
c) Michael Ondaatje
d) Joseph Boyden
Answer: d) Joseph Boyden

Which Canadian author is known for “Barney’s Version” and “The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz”?
a) Leonard Cohen
b) Mordecai Richler
c) Douglas Coupland
d) Margaret Laurence
Answer: b) Mordecai Richler

The author of “Cat’s Eye” and “The Robber Bride” is:
a) Margaret Atwood
b) Alice Munro
c) Michael Ondaatje
d) Margaret Laurence
Answer: a) Margaret Atwood

Who wrote the novel “Life After Life,” which explores alternate timelines?
a) Margaret Atwood
b) Alice Munro
c) Michael Ondaatje
d) Kate Atkinson
Answer: d) Kate Atkinson

The author of “The Shipping News” and “Barkskins” is:
a) Margaret Atwood
b) Annie Proulx
c) Michael Ondaatje
d) Yann Martel
Answer: b) Annie Proulx

Who wrote “The Stone Diaries,” which won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction?
a) Margaret Atwood
b) Alice Munro
c) Michael Ondaatje
d) Carol Shields
Answer: d) Carol Shields

The author of “The Edible Woman” and “The Handmaid’s Tale” is:
a) Margaret Atwood
b) Alice Munro
c) Michael Ondaatje
d) Miriam Toews
Answer: a) Margaret Atwood

Who wrote the novel “Away,” which follows an Irish immigrant’s journey to Canada?
a) Margaret Atwood
b) Jane Urquhart
c) Michael Ondaatje
d) Miriam Toews
Answer: b) Jane Urquhart

The author of “The Amazing Absorbing Boy” and “Half-Blood Blues” is:
a) Margaret Atwood
b) Alice Munro
c) Michael Ondaatje
d) Esi Edugyan
Answer: d) Esi Edugyan

Who wrote “The Colony of Unrequited Dreams,” a novel based on the life of Newfoundland Premier Joey Smallwood?
a) Michael Ondaatje
b) Wayne Johnston
c) Alice Munro
d) Yann Martel
Answer: b) Wayne Johnston

The author of “The Diviners” and “Dancer” is:
a) Margaret Atwood
b) Alice Munro
c) Michael Ondaatje
d) Margaret Laurence
Answer: d) Margaret Laurence

Who wrote “The Book of Negroes,” a novel that follows the journey of an African woman during the American Revolutionary War?
a) Margaret Atwood
b) Lawrence Hill
c) Michael Ondaatje
d) Carol Shields
Answer: b) Lawrence Hill

The author of “The Underpainter” and “The Stone Carvers” is:
a) Margaret Atwood
b) Jane Urquhart
c) Michael Ondaatje
d) Margaret Laurence
Answer: b) Jane Urquhart

Who wrote “The Gargoyle,” a novel that blends historical and contemporary narratives?
a) Margaret Atwood
b) Lawrence Hill
c) Michael Ondaatje
d) Andrew Davidson
Answer: d) Andrew Davidson

The author of “Ru” and “Mãn” is:
a) Kim Thúy
b) Joy Kogawa
c) Eden Robinson
d) Dionne Brand
Answer: a) Kim Thúy

Who wrote the “Trickster” trilogy, which explores Indigenous mythology and contemporary life?
a) Kim Thúy
b) Joy Kogawa
c) Eden Robinson
d) Dionne Brand
Answer: c) Eden Robinson

The author of “Obasan” and “Itsuka” is:
a) Kim Thúy
b) Joy Kogawa
c) Eden Robinson
d) Dionne Brand
Answer: b) Joy Kogawa

Who wrote “In the Skin of a Lion,” a novel set in Toronto during the early 20th century?
a) Kim Thúy
b) Joy Kogawa
c) Michael Ondaatje
d) Eden Robinson
Answer: c) Michael Ondaatje

The author of “In the Time of the Butterflies” and “How the García Girls Lost Their Accents” is:
a) Kim Thúy
b) Joy Kogawa
c) Julia Alvarez
d) Eden Robinson
Answer: c) Julia Alvarez

Who wrote “The Jade Peony,” a novel set in Vancouver’s Chinatown during the 1930s and 1940s?
a) Wayson Choy
b) Joy Kogawa
c) Julia Alvarez
d) Eden Robinson
Answer: a) Wayson Choy

The author of “Bottle Rocket Hearts” and “The Clothesline Swing” is:
a) Kim Thúy
b) Joy Kogawa
c) Ahmad Danny Ramadan
d) Eden Robinson
Answer: c) Ahmad Danny Ramadan

Who wrote “The Break,” a novel that delves into the lives of Indigenous women in Winnipeg’s North End?
a) Kim Thúy
b) Joy Kogawa
c) Katherena Vermette
d) Eden Robinson
Answer: c) Katherena Vermette

The author of “The Handmaid’s Tale” wrote a sequel titled:
a) “The Testaments”
b) “The Robber Bride”
c) “Alias Grace”
d) “Cat’s Eye”
Answer: a) “The Testaments”

Who wrote “Green Grass, Running Water” and “The Inconvenient Indian”?
a) Thomas King
b) Joy Kogawa
c) Lee Maracle
d) Eden Robinson
Answer: a) Thomas King

The author of “Monkey Beach” and “Son of a Trickster” is:
a) Kim Thúy
b) Joy Kogawa
c) Lee Maracle
d) Eden Robinson
Answer: d) Eden Robinson

Who wrote “Indian Horse,” a novel that follows the life of an Ojibwe man who becomes a hockey player?
a) Kim Thúy
b) Joy Kogawa
c) Richard Wagamese
d) Eden Robinson
Answer: c) Richard Wagamese

The author of “Motorcycles & Sweetgrass” and “The Back of the Turtle” is:
a) Kim Thúy
b) Joy Kogawa
c) Richard Wagamese
d) Drew Hayden Taylor
Answer: d) Drew Hayden Taylor

Who wrote “Obasan,” a novel that explores the internment of Japanese Canadians during World War II?
a) Kim Thúy
b) Joy Kogawa
c) Richard Wagamese
d) Katherena Vermette
Answer: b) Joy Kogawa

The author of “Green Grass, Running Water” is known for his work in which literary genre?
a) Mystery fiction
b) Science fiction
c) Indigenous literature
d) Historical romance
Answer: c) Indigenous literature

Who wrote “The Bone Collector’s Son” and “Motorcycles & Sweetgrass”?
a) Kim Thúy
b) Joy Kogawa
c) Richard Wagamese
d) Drew Hayden Taylor
Answer: d) Drew Hayden Taylor

The author of “Ceremony” and “Almanac of the Dead” is:
a) Kim Thúy
b) Joy Kogawa
c) Richard Wagamese
d) Leslie Marmon Silko
Answer: d) Leslie Marmon Silko

Who wrote “Monkey Beach,” a novel that combines elements of mystery, supernatural, and Indigenous culture?
a) Kim Thúy
b) Joy Kogawa
c) Richard Wagamese
d) Eden Robinson
Answer: d) Eden Robinson

The author of “Turtle Island” and “Braiding Sweetgrass” is:
a) Kim Thúy
b) Joy Kogawa
c) Robin Wall Kimmerer
d) Lee Maracle
Answer: c) Robin Wall Kimmerer

Who wrote “Medicine River” and “The Inconvenient Indian?
a) Kim Thúy
b) Joy Kogawa
c) Richard Wagamese
d) Thomas King
Answer: d) Thomas King

The author of “The Journals of Susanna Moodie” and “Power Politics” is:
a) Kim Thúy
b) Joy Kogawa
c) Margaret Atwood
d) Lee Maracle
Answer: c) Margaret Atwood

Who wrote “The Orenda,” a novel set during the 17th-century clash between Indigenous cultures and European settlers?
a) Kim Thúy
b) Joy Kogawa
c) Joseph Boyden
d) Katherena Vermette
Answer: c) Joseph Boyden

The author of “The Break” is known for her work in which literary genre?
a) Mystery fiction
b) Science fiction
c) Historical fiction
d) Indigenous literature
Answer: d) Indigenous literature

Who wrote “The Bone People,” a novel that explores the lives of three troubled individuals in New Zealand?
a) Keri Hulme
b) Joy Kogawa
c) Richard Wagamese
d) Eden Robinson
Answer: a) Keri Hulme

The author of “The Rez Sisters” and “Tombs of the Vanishing Indian” is:
a) Kim Thúy
b) Joy Kogawa
c) Tomson Highway
d) Eden Robinson
Answer: c) Tomson Highway

Who wrote “The Plague of Doves,” a novel that examines the history of violence against Indigenous people in the U.S.?
a) Kim Thúy
b) Joy Kogawa
c) Louise Erdrich
d) Lee Maracle
Answer: c) Louise Erdrich

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